278 ARTICLE 2B

for the accounts of other persons shall at any time and from time to time
upon written request of the Comptroller report acquisition and disposition
of all such alcoholic beverages. The Comptroller shall have power to
investigate the sale, purchase, use and transportation of industrial alcohol
unfit for beverage use to the extent reasonably necessary to prevent con-
version into alcoholic beverages fit for consumption. The Comptroller
shall have the power to call upon other administrative departments of the
State, county and municipal governments, county and city police depart-
ments and upon all prosecuting officers for such information and assistance
as he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this Article.

1939, ch. 775, sec. 53A.

90. (Penalties. ) Any person violating the provisions of this Article
for which no penalty, other than the suspension or revocation of a license,
is provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be subject to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars
($1, 000) or to imprisonment for not more than two years in the House of
Correction, or jail, or both fined and imprisoned.

1939, ch. 775, sec. 53B.

91. (False Statements. ) If any signed statement, report, affidavit, or
oath, required under any of the provisions of this Article, shall contain any
false statement, the offender shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be subject to the penalties provided by law for that
crime.

1939, ch". 775, sec. 53C.

92. (Fines and Forfeitures. ) All fines imposed or recognizances for-
feited for any violation of any provision of this Article shall be payable
to the County in which the offense was committed, or to Baltimore City if
the offense was committed in said City.

1939, ch. 775, sec. 53D.

93. (Jurisdiction. ) The several Justices of the Peace in each county
of the State shall have jurisdiction, concurrent with the Circuit Court for
such County, to hear, try and determine all cases involving any offense
under this Article committed within the county. Such jurisdiction shall
be exercised in the same manner as the general jurisdiction of such jus-
tices conferred by Section 13 of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land; provided, however, that every person charged with any offense under
this Article shall have the right to a jury trial, if he shall so elect, and
the Justice before whom the case is brought shall, in every such case,
inform the person charged of his right to trial by jury. This section shall
not in any way enlarge the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in Balti-
more City.

Cited in construing sec. 2. State v. Clifton, Daily Record, Feb. 6, 1940.

1939, ch. 775, sec. 53E.

94. (Enforcement. ) It shall be the duty of the various State's Attor-
neys, sheriffs, constables, bailiffs, police and other prosecuting and peace
officers of every sort, to enforce the provisions of this Article, and to prose-
cute those persons charged with violation of the provisions thereof. No